Caramel Cake Recipe – Christmas Caramel Fruit Cake Recipe

I have been making different version of fruit cakes for each year. I was thinking what to make this year, i remembered the cake which i saw in karen’s blog. And i was waiting to make that cake for a long time. Finally i made it few days back and it was delicious.

Two days before soak all your dried fruits and nuts in rum, you can soak them in orange juice as well.

On the day of baking. Start by preheating oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 8 inch round cake pan with oil and dust it with flour. Set aside.

Take the dried fruits and add two tblspn of flour. Toss well and set aside.

Now take flour, baking powder and baking soda in a sifter and sieve it well. Set aside.

Now take sugar in a sauce pan and cook it on medium high heat till it gets golden in colour. DOnt stir the caramel, just swirl the pan. Now when the caramel reaches the nice colour add in water and mix well. Set aside to cool down.

Now separate the egg, take egg white in a large bowl and whip it using a electric beater till stiff.

Take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whip till creamy. Add in egg yolks and whip again.

Now add in half of the flour mix in and fold gently. Add in the cooled caramel and mix well. Now add in the remaining flour mix in and fold gently.

Finally add in 1/3rd of the egg white and fold well. Then add the final egg whites and fold very gently till it is nice and airy.

Finally add in the flour tossed nuts and dried fruits and fold well.

Spoon this into the cake pan and bake for 1 hour or insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done.

Remove it and cool completely.

Now slice and serve

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Grease a round cake pan with oil and dust it with flour… set aside

I soaked these mixed dried fruits and nuts in rum for 2 days

sprinkle some flour over it

toss well and set aside

take flour in a sifter

add in baking soda and baking powder

sieve it well and set aside

Now lets make the caramel…Take sugar in a sauce pan

heat it on low to medium heat..it will slowly start to crystalize

keep cooking..the sugar will start to melt

now it has started getting little colour

Now it has reached the perfect colour

take it off the stove and add water in it..First the syrup will crystalize, when you keep heating it will melt again

About Aarthi

I am Aarthi, a happy homemaker, mom of two beautiful girls, married to my high school sweet heart. My goal is to teach people that cooking can be way more easier and joyful than they think. Yummy Tummy features recipes all over the world with step wise pictures which surely shows the ease of cooking.

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hi Aarthi,First of all I am a huge fan of your blog.Your blog has helped me through the difficult times I had in cooking, during the initial stages of marriage.I just wanted to ask you whether the orange juice that you have mention is a substitute for rum if not could you please suggest one?

Hi aarthi,If we soak the dry fruits in orange juice should that be kept in refrigerator or should we leave that bowl out..If we keep it out does that soaking mixture gets spoiled? Orange juice can be kept outside for 2 days?